Richie Browne
{{Short description|Irish hurler (1934–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Richie Browne
| irish = Risteard de Brún
| feet = 5
| inches = 8
| nickname =
| occupation =
| county = Cork
| province = Munster
| club = Castletownroche
→ Avondhu
| clposition =
| clubs =
| clyears = 1952-1982
1955-1969
| clapps(points) = 1 (1-01)
26 (28-33)
| clcounty = 1
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| counties = Cork
| icposition = Left corner-forward
| icyears = 1961-1964
| icapps(points) = 7 (7-03)
| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
| allstars =
| clupdate =
| icupdate =
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1934}}{{cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FBMD%2FD%2F692662725|title=Richard Browne in 1934|publisher=Find My Past website|date=|access-date=28 August 2022|first=|last=}}
| birth_place=Castletownroche,
County Cork, Irish Free State
| death_date= {{death date and given age|df=y|2024|07|14|89}}
| death_place= Castletownroche,
County Cork, Ireland
}}
Richard Browne (1934 – 14 July 2024) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Castletownroche, divisional side Avondhu and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Career
Browne first played hurling at under-14 level with Castletownroche.{{cite web|url=https://avondhupress.ie/outstanding-hurler-honoured-by-castletownroche-gaa/|title=Outstanding hurler honoured by Castletownroche GAA|publisher=The Avondhu|date=17 March 2015|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} He never played at minor level but eventually progressed onto the club's junior team in 1952. Browne played in goal for a while before winning the first of seven North Cork JHC titles in 1954. He claimed a Cork JHC medal in 1960 before winning a Cork IHC medal in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Richie enters Hall of Famepublisher=Evening Echo|date=7 October 1966|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} Browne's performances earned selection to the Avondhu divisional team in 1958. He completed the full set of county honours by winning a Cork SHC medal after a defeat of University College Cork in the 1966 final.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/the-men-of-66-take-their-place-in-the-pantheon-of-the-greats-35313291.html|title=The men of '66 take their place in the pantheon of the greats|publisher=The Corkman|date=24 December 2016|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} Browne had a 30-year career at adult level with Castletown and he retired after winning a second Cork JHC title in 1982.{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Players from North Cork|publisher=Cork Examiner|date=27 January 1995|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}
Browne first played with the Cork senior hurling team in a tournament game in the mid-1950s. He later lined out with the junior team and won a Munster JHC medal in 1959.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/JHC%20Teams.pdf|title=Cork JHC teams: 1910-1996|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} A spell with the intermediate team resulted in Browne being called up to the senior team alongside his brother Johnny Browne for the unsuccessful 1961 Munster SHC campaign.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/7_uploaded/1%20CORK%20INTERMEDIATE%20HURLING%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20TEAMS.pdf|title=Cork IHC teams: 1961-2010|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20080156.html|title=Stirred by memories of green and gold|publisher=Irih Examiner|date=16 December 2008|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}} His last game for Cork was a defeat by Tipperary in the 1964 Munster final.{{cite web|url=http://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/SHC%201960-1969.pdf|title=Cork SHC teams: 1960-1969|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=12 March 2022|first=|last=}}
Death
Honours
;Castletownroche
- Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1964
- Cork Junior Hurling Championship: 1960, 1982
- North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1978, 1979, 1982
;Avondhu
;Cork
References
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Category:Castletownroche hurlers